While SureSet resin bound paving installs school paving all year round, in order to avoid disruption many take place during the long school holiday in August. Here are seven SureSet school paving projects completed this summer…
Burlish Park Primary School, Worcestershire is a brand new £5.5m school that features two new sports pitches, a multi-use games area, car park and bicycle store. SureSet was specified for the courtyard.
Key features:
Natural Aggregate: 6mm Barley Beach
Area: 130m²
Base: urban pathway build-up
Depth: 24mm
Edging: granite standard edging, cobbles, buildings
The play area at Stoke Lodge Primary School, Bristol has been fully landscaped and features four brightly coloured circles, linked together with a SureSet resin bound pathway.
Key features:
Natural Aggregate: 6mm Barley Beach
Area: 40m²
Base: concrete
Depth: 18mm
Edging: metal, concrete
A project at Yewstock College, Dorset includes a single storey building designed around an internal central courtyard for which SureSet was specified.
Key features:
Natural Aggregate: 6mm Chestnut, 6mm Barley Beach, 6mm Sterling Forest Green
Area: 45m², 50m², 30m²
Base: asphalt
Depth 22mm
Edging: timber, retaining wall, aluminium
As part of an £8m refurbishment and development project at The Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls, Essex SureSet permeable paving was specified for a courtyard and access roads.
Key features:
Natural Aggregate: 6mm Bronze, 6mm Golden Pearl
Area: 312m², 796m²
Depth: 18-20mm
Base: asphalt
Edging: ACO drain, kerb, flexible aluminium
Over the last six years Yarm School, County Durham has undergone a £3m redevelopment programme, SureSet permeable paving was specified for parking bays and pathways.
Key features:
Natural Aggregate: 6mm Barley Beach, 6mm Sterling
Area: 1811m², 183m²
Depth: 18-20mm
Base: asphalt
A refurbishment project at John O’Gaunt School, Berkshire included external landscaping which specified SureSet permeable paving for a new resin bound footway.
Key features:
Natural Aggregate: 6mm Norwegian Bronze, 6mm Bronze
Area: 220m², 8m²
Base: concrete, asphalt
Depth: 16mm
Edging: kerb
The Michael Tippet School, South London opened in 2008 and is currently undergoing some external works including a sensory playground featuring an outdoor gym and sensory play area; SureSet was specified for the footpath.
Key features:
Natural Aggregate: 6mm Barley Beach
Area: 118m²
Base: asphalt
Depth: 16mm
Edging: baton
Seven reasons to choose SureSet school paving
- Years of experience working with educational establishments; from major regeneration schemes to small refurbishment projects.
- SureSet is virtually maintenance free and its permeability means no standing water; making safe to use immediately after wet weather.
- Environmental credentials, including compliant with Sustainable urban Drainage Systems (SuDS).
- Not only is SureSet available in a wide range of colours, but they also offer bespoke colour blends.
- They provide support through the whole process.
- Installation is quick; their Installation Team can lay up to 250m² per day and the surface can be ready to use in as little as six hours.
- An industry leading 18 year guarantee against: loose stone; cracking; oil damage; UV degradation; colour change; frost damage and workmanship.
The image is from Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School in Poplar where SureSet installed a colourful logo at the new school entrance. Green Tea Architects have been shortlisted for the British Construction Industry Awards for this project.
For more information contact SureSet on 0800 612 2083 or via email.
